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Grading and assessment protocols<br />

Weekly written seminar assignments (20%). Students should be asked to prepare<br />

short written reports on the seminar topics, both as a basis <strong>for</strong> discussion and <strong>for</strong><br />

grading purposes.<br />

Mid-term essay (30%). Topic at the discretion of teacher, but should be structured<br />

around material covered up to Week 7 of the course.<br />

Final exam (50%).<br />

Contributed by Robert Brand, Pearson Chair of Economics Journalism, School of<br />

Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa.<br />

Journalism Ethics<br />

Level of course: Second year in bachelor’s degree<br />

Course description<br />

Journalism ethics need not be simply another theoretical discipline. It can be as<br />

challenging, creative and experimental as any other practical class. We propose the<br />

creation of an Ethics Lab, a real or virtual space where students recreate and face<br />

ethical dilemmas similar to those found in newsrooms. The main objective of this<br />

course in applied ethics is to develop the student’s abilities to identify journalistic<br />

ethical issues through the examination and evaluation of local, national and<br />

international case studies. The course is based not on rights and wrongs, but on<br />

critical thinking and supervised decision making. It will also pay attention to global<br />

<strong>journalism</strong> ethics as an extension of <strong>journalism</strong> ethics. We should emphasize the<br />

ethical aspects of <strong>journalism</strong> practice both within and outside the national borders<br />

and prepare students to be critical of their own and other <strong>countries</strong>’ <strong>journalism</strong><br />

practices.<br />

Mode: A combination of lectures and seminars.<br />

Pedagogical approach or method<br />

Students will develop an ability to think critically and practice <strong>journalism</strong> ethics. For<br />

that purpose we develop skills in comprehension, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation<br />

of ethical dilemmas in micro and macro levels of discussion. For some cases,<br />

students will be asked to role-play. We will also explore the diversity of cultural<br />

approaches and definitions <strong>for</strong> <strong>journalism</strong> ethics, society and individual journalists’<br />

responsibilities in different societies. We recommend specific class readings,<br />

writing term papers, discussing local, national and international case studies, film

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